Secondary Special Needs Teaching Assistant

Location: Redcar
Job Type: Supply Teaching
Industry: Secondary Support
Reference: DEBSEC28113
Salary: Market related
Job Published: 14 days ago

Special Needs Teaching Assistant for Secondary School

Location:

Hartlepool

Job Type:

Part-Time or Full-Time

Pay rate is dependent on experience & qualifications

 

Primary Industry:

Education and Training

Job Duties:

  • Collaborate with the teacher to deliver engaging and effective lessons and educational activities.
  • Assist with planning and preparing teaching materials, ensuring they meet the learning objectives.
  • Provide individual support to students with additional learning needs, adapting teaching strategies to meet their specific needs.
  • Supervise students during class and break times, maintaining a safe and positive learning environment.

Required Qualifications:

  • Level 2 or 3 Teaching Assistant qualification desirable
  • Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check.

Education:

Minimum of GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and Maths.

Experience:

Prior experience working as a Teaching Assistant in a school setting.

Knowledge and Skills:

  • Thorough understanding of child development and learning processes.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with students, colleagues, and parents.
  • Strong team player with the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues.
  • Highly organised, with the ability to multitask effectively in a dynamic environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • First Aid certification.
  • Additional training in Special Educational Needs (SEN) support.

Working Conditions:

This role involves working within a school environment, following school hours and term times. The candidate may also assist with extracurricular activities and events.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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